Finck trial rescheduled for February

ZANESVILLE - The trial for Dr. Samuel Finck, charged with failing to report a crime, was rescheduled to February 2018.

Finck, 40, is accused of failing to report a gunshot wound he treated for Josh Daniels in 2012. The charge — failure to report a crime, a second-degree misdemeanor — carries a maximum punishment of 90 days in jail.

The trial, originally set for Oct. 5 and 6, was rescheduled for Feb. 8 and 9.

Daniels had sought treatment from Finck and another doctor, James Gasparine, after Daniels was shot during a robbery, according to court records. He told Finck that he'd slipped on some metal, and Finck examined the wound after it was healed.

According to the Ohio Revised Code, “no person giving aid to a sick or injured person shall negligently fail to report to law enforcement authorities any gunshot or stab wound treated or observed by the person, or any serious physical harm to persons that the person knows or has reasonable cause to believe resulted from an offense of violence.”

Daniels pleaded guilty to aggravated murder in the 2014 death of his wife, Brandy, and in March was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 28 years.

Gasparine pleaded no contest to failure to report a crime in June. He was sentenced in Zanesville Municipal Court to two years of probation and 50 hours of community service.